Nursery-bottle.



No. 813,894. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. B.HOLLADAY.

NURSERY BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1904.

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Be it known that I, BRIAN HOLLADAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Nurse is a full speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in nurserybottles; and the prime objects in view are to provide a new and improved bottle so constructed as will adapt it to be kept.

clean, sweet, and pure, and hence sanitary.

The invention consists in a nursery-bottle divided longitudinally or, in other words, formed in two longitudinal halves, provided at their meeting edges with liquid-tight joints, and in means of a convenient nature for clamping said halves together in a temporary t ough secure manner, whereby the bottle may be handled without danger of leakage and may be readily taken apart for the purpose of washing and sterilizing.

Other objects and advantages of the in-- vention will hereinafter 'ap ear, and the novel features thereof will e particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are similar views, the same being elevations, partly in sectiornof a nursery-bottle and showing diii'erent means for securin the halves or sections together, the former gure showing the nipple in position ready for use. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are transverse sectional views of nursery-bottles, showing some of the different forms of joints which I may employ. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of one of the halves in detail.

Similar numerals .of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawm s.

lhe bottle of course may be given any design or shape, and although herein described as a nursery-bottle, and intended as such, yet the certain novel and useful features of the invention can be employed or applied to bottles for other than nursery uses. The bottle, however, consists of two longitudinal halves 1 1, the halves or sections being molded to form. Around the entire meeting edge of each section or half 1 I prefer to form a channel or groove 2, preferably half-round in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 5, although the same may be angular, as shown in Fig. 4, plain, as in Fig. 3, or of any other shape desired. Within the channel or groove 2 I insert a suitable packing-as, for instance, a

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to duce by means of, the packing a liquid-tight joint between the two halves or sections when the same are brought together and compressed. I prefer-to employ the string or cord 3, inasmuch as the same is cheaper, may be readily sterilized, and is always at hand. The rubber packing may, however, be employed with advantage in some instances, and I inay even employ nothing whatever in the way of packin relyin upon the plain oppositely-ground e ges 5,8

hown in Fig. 3,) or a packing may beninserted between the latter joints, whereby the grinding is unnecessary.

The neck 6 of the bottle is preferably formed with the opposing cone-surfaces 7 and 8 and between the bases of these opposed and adjacent cones with an annular groove 9. At the opposite or bottom end of the bottle each section is formed with a halfboss 10, the two half-bosses combined when the halves or sections 1 are assembled producing a boss of a diameter substantially agreeing with that of the bottle-neck. Each 0 the half-bosses 10 may have formed at its outer side and end a shallow rib 11, and its inner face may be beveled or inclined, as at 12.

Round rubber rings 13 and 14 may be employed upon the neck and boss of the bottle,

flat rubber rings or bands 15 may be employed near the ends of the bottle, either alone or in conjunction with the round rubber rings 13 and 14. I may employ the flat rubber bands 16 and 17, shown upon the neck and boss, respectively, in Fi 1, and in fact, if bands alone are employe they should be arranged as in said figure. The bands having been removed from the bottle-sections, the latter are thoroughly cleaned and inspected and, if need be, sterilized. The packing (preferably the sterilized cord 3) isjthen placed in position'in the roove 2 of one of the halves or sections, 'an the two sections are ready to be brought together. The lower rin 14 or band 17 1s engaged by one of the be] round bosses 10, and then the companion boss is caused to engage the ring, the bottle-sections being arranged at an an le for this purpose, after which the two bott e-sections are swung together, such operation be- IIO ing possible by reason of the beveled faces 12 formed ,along their meetln clamping means encircling t e sections and of said bosses, heretofore referred to. The flat heads 15 are then placed in position, if the same are employed, after which the ring 13 or 16, whichever is employed, is placed in position upon the neck and slipped backward u on the inner cone-surface 8. The nipple 18 o the usual variety is then slipped over the end of the bottle, this of course being after the bottle is filled, and the ring 13 slipped forward until it rests within the annular groove 9, thus clamping the nipple in position and aiding in compressing the bottlesections together, or the band 16 is moved forward a required distance to perform the same functions. It will be seen that when the arts are thus assembled the nipple is secure y held in place and cannot be removed without first slipping the band 13 or 16 backward a suflicient distance to free the same; also, that the resence of the nipple prevents the accidenta removal of the ring or band. The several bands and rings serve the useful function of securing the bottle-sections securely clamped together upon the packing, so thataliquid-tight joint results. At the same time it will be perfectly obvious that there are no fastenings of anature to injure the child and that the presence of the rings and bands, or either, serve the useful purpose of buffers for protecting the bottle in case of accidental falling.

Of course any other means may be emplojied for securing the bottle-sections toget er, all of which I desire to include in my invention. Also the joints may be varied and nipple secured in various other manners, my invention not being limited in regard to such details.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Asan article of manufacture, a bottle, comprising two longitudinally-Se arable sections having a temporary liqui -tight joint edges, and a serving to hold them together. 1

2. As an article of manufacture, a bottle, comprising two ion itudinally-separable sections provided at t eir meeting edges with registering grooves, a removable packing loeiasea encircling the sections.

3. As an article of manufacture, a bottle .comprising two separable longitudinal halves or sections, each comprising at one end the half portion of a neck and at its opposite end a half-round boss, and along its meeting ed e having a groove, a packinglocated in t e grooves, and clamping-rings fitting about the neck and bosses I 4. As an article of manufacture, a bottl comprising two longitudinal halves or sections, each half or sectioncomprising a necksection and a boss-section of a similar size, a vpacking inserted between the meeting edges of the sections, and clamping rings or bands encompassing the neck and boss sections.

- 5. As an article of manufacture, a bottle comprising two opposite longitudinal halves or sections, each half or section comprising a neck ortion at one end and at the op osite end a alf-boss having an inner beveled face, a suitable packing between the meeting edges of the two sections, and elastic rings or bands one of which encompasses the neck and another the two bosses.

6. As an article of manufacture, a bottle comprising opposing longitudinal halves or sections, and means for securing said halves or sections together, said bottle havingits neck portion provided with an annular groove and in rear thereof reduced, and a rubber ring located in the reduced portion and adapted to become removably seated in the groove.

7. The opposite sections 1, 1, having grooves. 2, neck 6 at one end provided with the reduced portions 7 and 8, an intermediate groove 9, and the half-bosses 10 at the opposite'end, the packing within the grooves 2, the round rings 13 and 14 mounted respectively upon the neck and bosses, and suitable intermediate clam ing-bands.

In testimony w ereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRIAN HOLLADAY.

Witnesses CHAs. I. PHILIPS, ISAAC HELD.

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